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'''Wood''' is a kind of material some [[weapon]]s and [[armor]] are made of, notably [[Elven item|elven]] blades.
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'''Wood''' is a kind of [[material]] for items that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''.
  
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Wooden objects are subject to [[erosion|burn]]ing and [[rotting]]. However, the usual sources of burning and rotting do not affect weapons, so wooden weapons are generally considered naturally erodeproof. It is still possible to burn wooden weapons by dropping them into lava.
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Wooden objects are subject to [[erosion|burn]]ing and [[rotting]]; for wooden weapons, they can be burnt by dropping them in [[lava]] or using them to strike a [[monster]] with a [[fire]]-based [[passive attack]] {{frac|2|3}} of the time. [[Elven item|Elven weapons]] and several pieces of elven armor are among the many items made of wood.
  
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Polymorphing into a [[gelatinous cube]] will allow you to eat wooden items, which can be very occasionally useful for getting [[eating jewelry|getting otherwise unobtainable intrinsics]]. Monster gelatinous cubes will also eat wooden items off the ground.
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Wood golems are constructs made of wood, and are vulnerable to rotting - being hit by a rotting attack will cause them to [[instadeath|fall to pieces]], and a player in wood golem form will be reverted to their normal form, even if they have [[unchanging]]. Polypiling enough items made of wood will create a [[wood golem]].
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== List of wooden items ==
 
  
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[[Gelatinous cube]]s will engulf and eat any wooden items they come across; polymorphing into a gelatinous cube will also allow you to eat wooden items.
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==List of wooden items==
 
The following items are made of wood:
 
The following items are made of wood:
  
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* [[elven dagger]]s and the artifact [[Sting]]
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* Elven items
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* [[elven short sword]]s
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** [[Elven dagger]]s
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* [[elven broadsword]]s and the artifact [[Orcrist]]
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*** [[Sting]], an [[artifact]] elven dagger
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* [[club]]s
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** [[Elven short sword]]s
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* [[quarterstaff]]s and the artifact [[The Staff of Aesculapius]]
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** [[Elven broadsword]]s
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* [[elven spear]]s
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*** [[Orcrist]], an artifact elven broadsword
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* [[orcish bow]]s
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** [[Elven bow]]s
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* [[bow]]s and the artifact [[Longbow of Diana]]
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** [[Elven arrow]]s
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* [[elven bow]]s
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** [[Elven spear]]s
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* [[elven arrow]]s
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** [[Elven shield]]s
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* [[yumi]]s
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* [[Club]]s
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* [[crossbow]]s
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* [[Quarterstaves]]
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* [[boomerang]]s
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** [[The Staff of Aesculapius]], an artifact quarterstaff
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* [[small shield]]s
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* [[Bow]]s, including [[orcish bow]]s and [[yumi]]
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* [[elven shield]]s
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** The [[Longbow of Diana]], an artifact bow
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* [[wooden flute]]s
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* [[Crossbow]]s
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* [[wooden harp]]s
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* [[Boomerang]]s
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* [[magic harp]]s
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* [[Small shield]]s
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* [[chest]]s
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* [[Flute]]s and [[harp]]s
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* [[large box]]es
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* [[Chest]]s and [[large box]]es
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* Many [[wand]]s are wooden, depending on their randomized appearance
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* [[Wand]]s with the [[randomized appearance]] of oak, balsa, ebony, maple, pine, or forked
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* [[ring]]s with the wooden appearance are wooden
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* [[Ring]]s with the "wooden" randomized appearance
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==Strategy==
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Wooden weapons (particularly elven ones) are favored by some players for their immunity to rusting, though they will need to take care when using such weapons against monsters with fiery passive attacks, such as [[fire elemental]]s.
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[[Polyself]] into a gelatinous cube allows you to eat wooden items, which in practice can be very occasionally useful for [[eating jewelry|eating wooden rings]] to gain otherwise unobtainable [[intrinsic]]s.
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==Origin==
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The use of wood in elven weapons and shields suggest that they may be made of (or at least inspired by) [[D&D]]'s [http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Ironwood ironwood].
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==Variants==
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Some variants add new items made of wood, and variants that implement an [[object materials]] system also make it possible for certain items with hard base materials to be made of wood.
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===SLASH'EM===
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[[SLASH'EM]] adds the following wooden items:
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* [[Baseball bat]]
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** [[Bat from Hell]], an artifact baseball bat
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* [[Dark elven item]]s
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** [[Dark elven bow (SLASH'EM)|Dark elven bow]]
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*** [[Plague]], an artifact dark elven bow
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** [[Dark elven arrow (SLASH'EM)|Dark elven arrow]]
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** [[Dark elven dagger (SLASH'EM)|Dark elven dagger]]
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** [[Dark elven short sword (SLASH'EM)|Dark elven short sword]]
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* [[Skullcrusher]], an artifact club
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* [[Quick Blade]], an artifact elven short sword
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* [[Torch]]
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* [[Wooden stake]]
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** [[The Stake of Van Helsing]], an artifact wooden stake
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* [[Defunct features (SLASH'EM)|Defunct objects]]:
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** [[The Staff of Withering]], an artifact quarterstaff
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** [[The Tentacle Staff]], an artifact quarterstaff
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Elven and dark elven weapons are represented by {{metal|)}} and {{black|)}}, respectively, rather than the standard wood glyph.
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===dNetHack===
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In [[dNetHack]], wooden weapons are of greater importance due to the inclusion of [[staves]]: a stave is a type of magical [[ward]] that is carved into wooden items, and can be learned from some [[spellbook]]s and wooden weapons. Staves are made by carving them into a wooden weapon with any other weapon that uses the [[knife]] or [[dagger]] [[skill]]s; the stave is used by dropping that wooden weapon at your feet, and some staves grant special effects when the weapon they are carved on is wielded. If you choose to re-carve a weapon that already has a stave, you will chip off the existing stave before carving the new one, damaging the carved weapon and adding a turn to the time required to carve the stave. Dwarves start the game with knowledge of all wards, and are always given a [[knife]] for carving and a [[club]] to carve into.
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dNetHack also adds the following wooden items:
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* [[Atlatl]]
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* Elven items:
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** [[Elven mace]]
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** [[Elven sickle]]
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** [[Elven lance]]
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* [[Macuahuitl]]
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* [[Shadowlander's torch]]
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* [[dNetHack artifacts]]:
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** [[The Rogue Gear-spirits]]
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[[Elven helm]]s and [[elven boots]] are made of wood instead of leather.
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===NetHack Fourk===
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In [[NetHack Fourk]], the [[Big Stick]], which is the new [[Caveman]] [[quest artifact]], is made of wood.
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===xNetHack===
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In [[xNetHack]], many objects with a hard base material can be made of wood. As a material, wood has a −1 damage penalty for bladed weapons, and wooden armor offers one less AC point compared to their iron equivalents; however, wooden equipment is much cheaper and more than twice as light as their iron counterparts. Wooden [[helm]]s are sufficiently rigid enough to offer metal-like protection against falling objects.
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xNetHack also uses the Big Stick from Fourk as the Caveman quest artifact, with the Sceptre of Might serving as the [[Priest]] quest artifact instead.
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===EvilHack===
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In [[EvilHack]], wood functions similarly to xNetHack, with wooden slashing weapons taking a -1 penalty to damage and wooden armor offering 1 less AC compared to iron armor.
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EvilHack adds the following items with a base material of wood:
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* [[Atlatl]]
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** [[Xiuhcoatl]], an artifact atlatl
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* [[Elven long sword]]
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* [[Staff of divination]]
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* [[Staff of healing]]
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* [[Staff of escape]]
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80% of items with a default base material of wood will retain that material when generated - the rest of them have different materials based on the following distribution:
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* 8% stone
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* 4% iron
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* 2% each bone, steel or mithril
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* 1% each silver or copper
  
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This is not expected to be a complete list at this time.
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70% of regular bows and 5% of [[horn]]s will be made of wood, as are 5% of items with an [[iron]] or [[steel]] base material that are not of dwarvish or orcish make. Non-cloth elven armor and weapons have an 80% chance of generating as wooden if their base material is wood, and a 20% chance otherwise.
  
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===SlashTHEM===
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In addition to SLASH'EM changes, SlashTHEM adds the following wooden items:
  
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* [[Mallet]]
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** [[Tenderizer]], an artifact mallet
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* [[Sharpened pencil]]
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* [[The Staff of Withering]], an artifact quarterstaff that was deferred in SLASH'EM
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Latest revision as of 23:16, 28 April 2024

Wood is a kind of material for items that appears in NetHack.

Wooden objects are subject to burning and rotting; for wooden weapons, they can be burnt by dropping them in lava or using them to strike a monster with a fire-based passive attack 2⁄3 of the time. Elven weapons and several pieces of elven armor are among the many items made of wood.

Wood golems are constructs made of wood, and are vulnerable to rotting - being hit by a rotting attack will cause them to fall to pieces, and a player in wood golem form will be reverted to their normal form, even if they have unchanging. Polypiling enough items made of wood will create a wood golem.

Gelatinous cubes will engulf and eat any wooden items they come across; polymorphing into a gelatinous cube will also allow you to eat wooden items.

List of wooden items

The following items are made of wood:

Strategy

Wooden weapons (particularly elven ones) are favored by some players for their immunity to rusting, though they will need to take care when using such weapons against monsters with fiery passive attacks, such as fire elementals.

Polyself into a gelatinous cube allows you to eat wooden items, which in practice can be very occasionally useful for eating wooden rings to gain otherwise unobtainable intrinsics.

Origin

The use of wood in elven weapons and shields suggest that they may be made of (or at least inspired by) D&D's ironwood.

Variants

Some variants add new items made of wood, and variants that implement an object materials system also make it possible for certain items with hard base materials to be made of wood.

SLASH'EM

SLASH'EM adds the following wooden items:

Elven and dark elven weapons are represented by ) and ), respectively, rather than the standard wood glyph.

dNetHack

In dNetHack, wooden weapons are of greater importance due to the inclusion of staves: a stave is a type of magical ward that is carved into wooden items, and can be learned from some spellbooks and wooden weapons. Staves are made by carving them into a wooden weapon with any other weapon that uses the knife or dagger skills; the stave is used by dropping that wooden weapon at your feet, and some staves grant special effects when the weapon they are carved on is wielded. If you choose to re-carve a weapon that already has a stave, you will chip off the existing stave before carving the new one, damaging the carved weapon and adding a turn to the time required to carve the stave. Dwarves start the game with knowledge of all wards, and are always given a knife for carving and a club to carve into.

dNetHack also adds the following wooden items:

Elven helms and elven boots are made of wood instead of leather.

NetHack Fourk

In NetHack Fourk, the Big Stick, which is the new Caveman quest artifact, is made of wood.

xNetHack

In xNetHack, many objects with a hard base material can be made of wood. As a material, wood has a −1 damage penalty for bladed weapons, and wooden armor offers one less AC point compared to their iron equivalents; however, wooden equipment is much cheaper and more than twice as light as their iron counterparts. Wooden helms are sufficiently rigid enough to offer metal-like protection against falling objects.

xNetHack also uses the Big Stick from Fourk as the Caveman quest artifact, with the Sceptre of Might serving as the Priest quest artifact instead.

EvilHack

In EvilHack, wood functions similarly to xNetHack, with wooden slashing weapons taking a -1 penalty to damage and wooden armor offering 1 less AC compared to iron armor.

EvilHack adds the following items with a base material of wood:

80% of items with a default base material of wood will retain that material when generated - the rest of them have different materials based on the following distribution:

  • 8% stone
  • 4% iron
  • 2% each bone, steel or mithril
  • 1% each silver or copper

70% of regular bows and 5% of horns will be made of wood, as are 5% of items with an iron or steel base material that are not of dwarvish or orcish make. Non-cloth elven armor and weapons have an 80% chance of generating as wooden if their base material is wood, and a 20% chance otherwise.

SlashTHEM

In addition to SLASH'EM changes, SlashTHEM adds the following wooden items:

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